Ticket-holder



(No Model.)

. J. M. AKERS.

TICKET HOLDER. 1

Patented Oct. 16, 1894.v

` .lwenbp am@ @@fmq- UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

l JOHN M. AKERS, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

TICKET-HOLDER. 1

SPECIFICATION forming part of Lettere Patent No. 527,644, dated october1c, 1894.

Application iiled June 25, 1894.

To a/ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN M. AKERs, of Cleveland, in the county ofCuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Ticket-Holders; and I do hereby declare the following tobe a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as willenable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and usethe same.

l My invention :relates to improvements in ticket-holders, moreespecially designed for use by patrons ofstreet and steam railways, andpassenger-carriers generally, the object being to provide -aticket-holder adapted to hold a coupon-ticket or slip of tickets, thatis simple in construction and consequently quite inexpensive, and thatcan be carried in a small pocket.

With this object in View my invention consists in certain features ofconstruction and in combinations of parts hereinafter described, andpointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure lis a side elevation of aticket-holder embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is an enlarged longitudinalsection on line v2 2, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a transverse section on line 33, Figs. l and 2, and Fig. 4 is an enlarged transverse section on line 44, Fig. 1. f

Referring to the drawings, A designates a chambered case that ispreferably cylindrical in form, as shown. A shaft or spindle 'B extendscentrally through case A and has suitable bearing in the ends of saidcase. Upon one end of said spindle or shaft, and outside of case A, isXed a hand-wheel or thumband-finger-piece C for turning the shaft orspindle. Upon the other end of said shaft or spindle, and inside ofcase'A, is xed a ratchetwheel D that is preferably as large in diameteras the size of case A will accommodate. Said ratchet-wheel is engaged bya pawl E .that is pivoted, as at e, within a lateral slot A in case A.The pawl, in its normal position, in which it engages the ratchet-wheel,

protrudes somewhat outside of case A, as at E', so that it can beactuated out of engagement with the ratchet-wheel by the pressure of thethumb or finger. A spring G acts in the direction to retain the pawl inengagement with the ratchet-Wheel. A tubular or hollow member H is shownfixed to the ratchet- Serial No. 515,614. (No model.)

wheel, saidl member H embracing spindle or shaft B and being slottedlaterally and longitudinally, as at h, for receiving the one end of theticket or slip of tickets, member H be- `in case A into recess h in thewinding-member H, and the ticket or slip, by means of Y hand-wheel ormember C, is thereupon coiled around member H, as shown in Fig.l 3,thearrangement of ratchet-wheel and pawl hereinbefore referred to beingsuch as to prevent the automatic unwinding of theticket or slip oftickets. A ticket of a slip of tickets is readily removed by actuatingthe ticket-holding-member so as to bring the ticket at the outer end ofthe slip opposite slot a in the inclosing case. By pressing upon theprotruding portion of the pawl to disengage it from the ratchet-wheelthel ticket or slip of tickets, as the case may be, is rendered free tobe removed. I would also remark that case A is preferably cut awayadjacent slot a, as at a', to accommodate the introduction of the freeend of the thumb in oatchinghold of the ticket preparatory to thedetachment or removal of the ticket.

What I claim isl A ticket-holder consisting of an inclosing case Aslotted laterally and longitudinally, as at a; ticket-winding member Hrecessed, as at h; suitable meansv for actuating member H to wind up theticket or tickets; ratchetwheel D 5 pawl E, and spring G, all arrangedsubstantially as shown, for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I sign this specification, in the presence of twowitnesses, this 18th day of June, 1894.

JOHN M. AKERS.

vWitn esses:

C. H. Donna, WARD HOOVER.

